Brass Bands and Orchestras
Part of our musical nation's claim to fame, throughout the industrial heartlands of South East Wales and beyond. Let us know if you brass band or orchestra has a website to include here.
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Abergavenny Borough Band
http://www.aberband.org.uk
Find out when you can next see the band perform or, if you're a musician, how to join the senior or junior bands.
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
http://www.bbc.co.uk/now
Concerts, TV and radio broadcasts, and special events.
Blaenavon Town Band
http://www.blaenavonband.co.uk
News about concerts, rehearsals, members etc.
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra
http://www.cardiffphilharmonic.org.uk
One of the region's foremost non-professional orchestras, regularly performing at St David's Hall and other venues across south and west Wales.
The City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Brass Band
http://www.cardiffbrass.co.uk
Formerly known as the Radyr and Morganstown Brass Band, proudly claiming to be the oldest band in Wales, with its origins in a drum and fife band created in 1798.
Crosskeys Silver Band
http://www.crosskeysband.co.uk
Formed in the early 1900s by local miners, and based at Panty Park rugby ground.
Cwmaman Institute Silver Band
http://www.cwmamanband.co.uk
An Eisteddfod-winning band that rehearsals twice weekly at the Cwmaman Institute.
Newport Borough Brass Band
http://www.newportboroughbrass.org.uk
Rehearsing on Mondays and Thursdays at Newport YMCA, with beginners and junior sections.
Ogmore Valley Silver Band
http://www.freewebs.com/ogmorevalleybrassband
A competing band with over a hundred years of history.
Parc and Dare Band
http://www.brassbands.co.uk
Based in Treorchy and more than a hundred years old, this is one of the most renowned names in Welsh banding.
Regimental Band of the Royal Welsh
http://www.royalwelshband.com
As seen performing the national anthems at the Millennium Stadium. The only all-brass band remaining in the British Armed Services, it's seeking new members. As it's a Territorial Army band you don't have to be a full-time soldier to play in the band.
Thomas Coaches Mid Rhondda Brass Band
http://www.mrband.co.uk
Formerly known as the Tonypandy Silver Band, the band now takes the name of its sponsor. Visit this site to find out about the bands achievements, see pictures of the band, and read the gossip in the guest book.
Tredegar Town Band
http://www.tredegartownband.org
Formed in 1849, this was the first brass band to appear on stage at the Wales Millennium Centre.
The Mouthpiece
http://www.themouthpiece.com
John Burns in Newport runs this premier message board for brass band enthusiasts, with 2,700 members worldwide.
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